Gaia-4b is the most massive planet known to orbit a low-mass star. Also, see an animation for Gaia-5b, a brown dwarf orbiting ...

The double star system is called HD 135344 AB and it's about 440 light-years away from Earth. A and B are both young stars, ...

When white dwarfs—the hot remnants of stars like our sun—are orbited closely by another star, they sometimes steal mass away ...

New study by Caltech scientists finds distant third stars may be the hidden force behind volatile white dwarf duos.

Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...

By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

When white dwarfs-the hot remnants of stars like our Sun-are orbited closely by another star, they sometimes steal mass away from their companion. The ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured asteroid 10199 Chariklo occult the star Gaia DR3 6873519665992128512. It was the "first asteroid found to have a ring system," according to NASA. Credit: Space.

On July 1, 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope, located in northern Chile, ...

A newly discovered ice comet from deep space may be over 7 billion years old, making it the most ancient comet scientists ...

Figuring out the ages of stars is fundamental to understanding many areas of astronomy—yet, it remains a challenge since ...

After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...